Television system utilizing beam pulsing to improve sensitivity at low light levels and coordinated means to eliminate flicker at the kinescope display

Claim 1

TELEVISION APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR LOW LIGHT LEVEL TELEVISING, COMPRISING: A CAMERA OR SIGNAL PICKUP TUBE HAVING A PHOTOCATHODE ON WHICH THE SCENE OR INFORMATION TO BE TELEVISED IS PROJECTED AND A TARGET TO BE CHARGED BY PHOTOELECTRONS RELEASED FROM THE PHOTOCATHODE, MEANS FOR SCANNING THE TARGET WITH AN ELECTRON BEAM TO "READ" THE CHARGE OFF THE TARGET AND GENERATE VIDEO SIGNALS, MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY GATING THE BEAM "ON" AND "OFF" WHILE CONTINUOUSLY TELEVISING TO PERMIT CHARGE BUILD-UP ON THE TARGET DURING "OFF" TIME AND TO READ THE BUILT-UP CHARGE OFF THE TARGET DURING BEAM "ON" TIME; A VIDEO RECEIVER INCLUDING A VISUAL DISPLAY CATHODE RAY TUBE; AN INTERMEDIATE SIGNAL-STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING A PAIR OF STORAGE TUBES IN WHICH SEQUENTIAL BURSTS OF VIDEO SIGNALS ARE ALTERNATELY STORED; MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY COLLECTING THE SIGNALS FROM THE STORAGE TUBES INCLUDING MEANS WHCIH REPEATEDLY READS THE STORED SIGNAL APPEARING ON ONE TUBE WHILE THE OTHER TUBE IS UNDERGOING THE ERASE, PRIME AND WRITE PORTIONS OF ITS CYCLE, THEREBY EFFECTING TRANSMISSION OF THE COLLECTED SIGNALS ALONG A SINGLE CHANNEL TO SAID RECEIVER IN THE ORIGINAL TIME SEQUENCE TO PRESENT A CONTINUOUS DISPLAY OF DISCONTINUOUS BURSTS OF VIDEO SIGNALS ON SAID VISUAL DISPLAY TUBE.